Driverless dozing pushes forward

Komatsu America Corp., a global heavy equipment manufacturer, is offering its first fully radio controlled machine with Komatsu’s intelligent Machine Control (iMC) technology.

The 155AXi-8 Radio Control dozer is part of a line of next-generation machines operating semi autonomously with intelligent machine control.

The D155AXi-8 is designed for applications where customers may want to remove the operator from the machine and still maintain high levels of efficiency and productivity. The dozer uses Komatsu’s automated rough-cut-to-finish-grade technology.

For many operators, the ability to feel machine response to blade load is important to effective dozing. To compensate, the D155AXi-8 RC dozer uses iMC, which automates…